Coinbase Expands Morpho-Powered USDC Lending to Brazil
Coinbase is bringing its Morpho-powered USDC lending product to Brazil, letting eligible customers lend the dollar-pegged stablecoin USDC and earn variable interest. The rollout expands a ser
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Solana App Revenue Doubles Robinhood Chain as SOL Holds Above $100
What to Know Solana applications generated $6.56 million in 24-hour revenue, more than doubling Robinhood Chain and outperforming several major blockchain ecosystems globally. Hyperliquid sur
Why Is NEAR Protocol (NEAR) Price Surging Today?
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) traded at $2.61 on September 9, 2026, up 11.24% over the prior 24 hours, a move that far outpaced Bitcoin and Ethereum even as no dated, project-specific catalyst has bee
Venice Token Hits Record $27 After NYU Mathematician Confronts OpenAI Over Navier-Stokes Proof
Venice Token(VVV) climbed above $27 to a record on Wednesday, after a credit fight between OpenAI and an NYU mathematician revived interest in private AI inference. Key Points: Venice Token s
Ripple Engineer Reveals Mathematical Verification Push for XRP Ledger
Summary RippleX and CommonPrefix are using machine-checked mathematical proofs to verify whether critical XRP Ledger components consistently meet their defined specifications. David Schwartz
Iran Turns to USDT as Sanctions Push Businesses Toward Crypto Payments
Iran has reportedly eased foreign-exchange controls and begun accepting cryptocurrency payments for exports as businesses struggle to use conventional banking channels under growing US sancti
Coinbase expands Morpho-powered USDC lending to Brazil
Coinbase has expanded its Morpho-powered lending product to eligible Brazilian customers, offering market-based returns on USDC without a fixed lock-up period. Summary Brazilian users can all
BitMine Purchases 28,086 ETH, Edges Closer To 5% Target
BitMine Immersion Technologies acquired 28,086 ETH for around $70.1 million last week. The purchase takes the Ethereum Treasury company’s total holdings to 5.93 million ETH, 4.9% of the token
PYUSDx stablecoin platform crosses $100 million in scale (9 Sep)
New York, NY, USA, September 9th, 2026, Chainwire As stablecoin issuance and usage accelerate, the PYUSD ecosystem is expanding alongside it. PayPal becomes one of the first global consumer p
Alby Discloses Critical Vulnerability in Lightning Network Hub Software
The flaw reportedly could let attackers drain funds from certain Lightning wallets, prompting an urgent security alert. Alby, a provider of Bitcoin Lightning Network wallet infrastructure, ha
Per Ansgar, Geely Sweden Holdings CEO, Joins Concordium’s Board
The blockchain firm brings in an automotive executive as it pushes into AI agent trust infrastructure. Concordium has named Per Ansgar, chief executive of Geely Sweden Holdings, to its board
Top 10 Unresolved Crypto Mysteries Still Without Answers
Crypto often markets itself as an open ledger where everything can be checked—yet the industry’s history is also packed with missing identities, unresolved thefts, and disappearing funds. Fro